Filling-can



[ 1% Model.)

M. H. GARLAND.

FILLING GANS.

Patented Sept. 4, 1883.

. U ITE ST TE T PATENT OFFICE.

MILTON H. GARLAND, OF EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS.

FILLING-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,408, dated September 4, I883.

Application filcd May 13,1883. (No model.)

T1) [LZZ whom) it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MILTON H. GARLAND, of Everett, in the county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Fillin'g-Oans,fof whichthe following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to whichsaid invention appertains to make and use the same,

fits over the nipple n of the discharge-pipe.

Like letters of reference indicatecorrespond ing parts in the differentfigures of the draw- .ings.

In filling lamps with kerosene or any of the hydrocarbon oils used for illuminating purposes by means of the cans in common use, the

contents of the can are liable'to be spilled, especially when the can is large or nearly full,thus not only wasting the oil, but producing very disagreeable odors as it evaporates. My invention is designed to obviate this difficulty, and

at the same time produce a more effective device of its character than is now in ordinary I use; and to that end I einploy means which will be readily understood by all conversant I materials.

with such matters from the following explanation, its extremesimplicity rendering an elaborate description unnecessary.

In the drawings, A represents the body. of my improved can, and B the cover, these parts being composed of'tin or any other suitable The body is provided with a bottom, K, and head 0, properly secured in posi-' tion, as shownin Fig. 2, the head having a capped opening, H, through which the can is filled. Proj ectingupwardly through the head there is a nipple or short tube, (1, provided with the .flexible pipe E, having the mouthpiece or tip i and a stop-cock. A vertically- V arranged pipe, J, extends from near-the bottom K upwardly through the head 0, terminating in the nipple m, onto which the filling-tube G is fitted by means of the short sleeve or funnel c,

which passes over the nipple and forms a tight In the use of the improvement, the can having been filled and the opening H capped, the

nipples in d are opened and the tube G and pipe E, respectively, attached thereto. nozzle a is then placed on or over the fillingorifice of the lan1p,'the stopcock is opened, and the tip z placed in the mouth, when by inflating the canor blowing'through the pipe E the oil will be forced out through the pipe J and tube G, and the lamp filled in a manner which will be readily obvious without a moreexplicit description.

The sides of the body A rise above the head 0, as shown at D, forming a compartment between the head and cover B, in whichthe tube G and pipe E may be housed or stored when not in use. A case, M, is also provided on the outside of the body A, in which the pipe may be carried, if preferred, thus preventing the tip i from coming into contact with the oil.

It will be obvious that the tube G and pipe E may be composed of other materials, if de sired, and, instead of being detachable, may be permanently attached to the can; also, that the can is well adapted for filling bottles, vials, 800. I therefore do not confine myself to the precise construction shown or to the use of the device for filling lamps exclusively.

Havingthus explained my invention, what I claim isl 1. In a filling-can, a flexible air-conducting tube, E, provided with a mouth-piece and a Valve or stopcock, in combination with a discharge-pipe, J, and a conducting or filling tube, G, substantially as described 2. In a can for filling lamps and for other purposes, a flexible and detachable air-pipe, E, having a mouth-piece for the induction of air, substantially as described and shown, and a stop-cock for regulating the current of air and for opening or closing said pipe, in com bination with the pipe (1 and a discharge-pipe.

The 5 Too 3. In a filling-can provided with-a storage- I ducting pipe having a stop-cock and a mouthcoinpartmentbelow the upperpart of itsbody, piece through which air is blown from the 10 the discharge-pipe J the nipple m, with alonlungs of the operator, substantially as degitudinal opening through its center, afillingscribed. Y

5 tube, G, provided at one end with a sleeve or MILTON H. GARLAND.

elbow to fit the said nipple m, and at the other I Witnesses:

end with a conical discharge-nozzle, a, in com- 0. A. SHAW, bination with a flexible detachable air-con- L. J. WHITE.- 

